Sometimes things just seem to work out nicely. Placing OBG with Joe has been a wonderful experience for us all. They get along well and have been absolutely supportive of one another. Joe has been terrific since his minor setback 10 days ago and is appropriately contemplative throughout the day. It's cool to see him really taking his life seriously for a change. We joke about him having a moment of "feeling" where he is immobilized by the sensation, but in many ways this is the reality of his "feeling". Some of his past actions are appearing in his memory now and he has the time to actually process many of his actions, good and bad. This has opened him to feeling things that he should have thought about and felt long ago. Better late than never in this case. Many of his past memories make him "feel guilty" and he doesn't like this feeling. We discuss it and he realizes that guilt is something that evolves from the past and now that he is rehabbing he no longer has to feel guilty about his actions, although he still may have to face consequences for those actions. Joe continues to workout daily in one fashion or another, is writing and caring about his eating habits. His ADLs are more consist ant and he is shaving daily, brushing his teeth daily and, in short, learning and securing new habits.
OBG continues to sweat out his toxins which I am replacing with good, healthy food and a lot of water. He is sleeping less and is on a more traditional schedule now and during the days he is active in the hot yoga room with me sweating while we discuss PREHAB and his rehabilitation. He likes to ride a bike rather than walk as it is less painful on his arthritic knees. To that end, I obtained some cannabis salve which he applied to his knees. He reported immediate relief as he hasn't felt in years and wants to obtain more of the stuff. His mood is up and he studies PREHAB believing it is an elixir for life. We have been able to easily identify his dream in this life and he is cognizant of how his addictions have kept him from fulfilling his dreams. His understands how addiction has corrupted his purpose and how he has become addicted in order to satiate only his addiction! He understands how damaged he really is. OBG sees the usefulness of the 4 P's and the Dynamic duo of Intention and focus. He wants to do for others what I have done for him,. He desperately wants an addiction free life and I think he just might make it with the assistance of PREHAB and the advent of the PREHAB toolbox! He tried to underline and highlight the book at first but then realized that he was underlining the entire book, so he's decided to just commit the book to memory! Smart guy. That's why I kept it short and succinct. Unfortunately, he feels it necessary to play a four day Memorial Day gig and he won't go into rehab till it is over. I told him that he will be his most vulnerable during this time, but he assures me he will be able to handle it. He told me he would keep the book with him at all times and will call be daily till he goes inside on Tuesday, next week. He will leave here in two days having been detoxed and with a thorough understanding of PREHAB in its tenets. Hopefully, he'll make it easily through the weekend's gigs and fly to LA on Tuesday ready to complete his first rehabilitation experience.

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